New distribution records of Anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, Tyrannidae), a highly specialized and endangered bird of Polylepis forests in Junín, Peru

By

Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth
Navarro Romo, Wendy Carolay
Ames-Martínez, Fressia Nathalie
Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando
Sevillano-Ríos, C. Steven

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-5-4

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

499--504

Subjects

Andean birds , climate change , Conservation , Endangered species , High Andes , mountain ecosystems , source-sink habitats

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.3.499

 

Abstract

The Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant, Anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, Tyrannidae), is an endangered and highly specialized bird that inhabits the Polylepis forests (Rosaceae) of Peru and Bolivia. Here, we report 2 new localities in the department of Junín, central Peru, where it was detected in forests dominated by Polylepis canoi, P. rodolfo-vasquezii, and a third undescribed Polylepis species. We conclude that a residential population is the more likely possibility although the possibility of dispersal individuals should also be considered.